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Promise to Mary: A Story of Faith in Action

June 29th, 2010 admin


Brand : Jossey-Bass

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780470292686
  • Condition: USED – LIKE NEW
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Product Description
Here is the story of Faith in Action, the acclaimed nationwide grant program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that brings together Americans of all faiths to provide volunteer care and support to those in their communities who are confined to their homes because of a chronic health condition or disability. But this book is far more than simply an account of the Faith in Action program. Through a series of revealing in-depth interviews conducted in th

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Investigating Texts: Analyzing Fiction and Nonfiction in High School (The Ncte Chalkface Series)

June 28th, 2010 admin


Brand : National Council of Teachers of English

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Portable Legacies: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Nonfiction

June 27th, 2010 admin


Brand : Wadsworth Publishing

Product Description
Embark on the literary journey of a lifetime?with PORTABLE LEGACIES: FICTION, POETRY, DRAMA, NONFICTION! This four-genre literature anthology challenges you to think, read, and write critically. From Lao-tzu and Sophocles to Sandra Cisneros, Charles Simic, and Suzan Lori-Parks, you?ll discover the best of the traditional, multicultural, and world literature canons, as well as exciting new contemporary works that encourage you to question, observe, probe, and critiqu

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The Curse of the Pharaohs : My Adventures with Mummies (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)) (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

June 26th, 2010 admin


Brand : National Geographic Children’s Books

Product Description
“Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: National Geographic (May 1, 2004) ISBN: 079226665X Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.6 x 0.6 inches All Ages “”Why do [people] want to believe that the ancient Egyptians wish to reach out over thousands of years an”

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Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health

June 25th, 2010 admin


Brand : Oxford University Press, USA

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780195300673
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
“Doubt is our product,” a cigarette executive once observed, “since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the minds of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.”
In this eye-opening expose, David Michaels reveals how the tobacco industry’s duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards. Product defense consultants, he argues, have increasingl

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How to Write and Sell Your First Nonfiction Book

June 24th, 2010 admin


Brand : St. Martin’s Press

Product Description
Each year, over 40,000 new nonfiction books on every conceivable topic, from biography and politics to gardening, how-to, and sports, are published in the United States. This guide, written by a prominent literary agent, offers an essential resource for the first-time writer hoping to launch a career.

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Dolphins and Sharks: Magic Tree House Research Guide (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

June 23rd, 2010 admin


Brand : Random House Books for Young Readers

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780375823770
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
How fast can some dolphins swim? What is the biggest shark? Why do sharks attack? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide! Includes an illustrated gallery of dolphins and sharks, information on the ocean, dolphin communication, how sharks hunt for food, ocean exploration, and lots more! A Stepping Stone Book™

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Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: I & Eye

June 22nd, 2010 admin


Brand : Longman

Product Description
This anthology brings together 50 diverse works of contemporary creative nonfiction, from memoirs to personal essays to literary journalism, along with 15 craft essays.

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The Man Who Made Time Travel (Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards))

June 21st, 2010 admin


Brand : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780374347888
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
Who would solve one of the most perplexing scientific problems of all time?

This dramatic picture-book biography brings to life – with illustrations that glow with wit and inspiration – the fascinating story of the quest to measure longitude. While the scientific establishment of the eighteenth century was certain that the answer lay in mapping the heavens, John Harrison, an obscure, uneducated clockmaker, dared to imagine a different solution: a s

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Math and Nonfiction, Grades 6-8

June 20th, 2010 admin


Brand : Math Solutions

Product Description
This new addition to the Math, Literature, and Nonfiction series helps teachers build on their students’ natural passion for knowledge as they engage in real-world mathematical problem solving. The lessons in this book use nonfiction as a springboard to explore mathematical concepts key to the middle school curriculum. The lessons inspire students to collect and analyze data, use proportional reasoning, and explore probability, relationships between two-and three-di

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